You Get to Practice Kindness Daily

Like many things in life, this is a choice.

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All too often, I encounter stories about the terrible things certain people are doing to other people. They are mean, selfish, unkind, inhumane, and often rather astounding. It makes me wonder when it became acceptable to be rude, discourteous, and otherwise inconsiderate?

The when doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that I know that I am capable of acting in a way to turn this unfortunate reality around. All it takes is for me to practice kindness.

Kindness doesn’t take much effort

When all is said and done, kindness takes very little effort. The smallest things are acts of kindness that may seem insignificant, but can still have a huge impact.

What counts as small acts of kindness? Here are a few examples:

• Holding a door open for someone
• Saying please
• Letting another driver get in front of you
• Saying thank you
• Tipping generously
• Saying hello or simply acknowledging a person as they walk past you
• Helping someone pick-up wind-blown paperwork and the like